back in the habit

You've had over a week to rest your eyes. But midwinter break is over, and bad fashion marches on.

fashion formula

Brown and yellow: harvesty.
Yellow and blue: spirited.
Brown and yellow and blue: tacky cubed.

happy something

It's some kind of holiday tomorrow. So I've been told.

culpability

Should we blame the tie for the wavy distortion in the photo? Or, rather, should we blame the liberal media?

In Florida the palm branches / rustle like neckties

In Washington, the neckties rustle like ferns.



Title cribbed from "The Real Enough World," by Karen Brennan.

the master of tacky ties

I have found my spiritual mentor.

Every ugly tie has a story, according to their owners.

And to those who love them, ugly ties make a statement that their tasteful counterparts just can't match.

"A plain brown or plain blue tie doesn't say anything. If you can find something with a splash of color on what is otherwise a very dreary day — that to me at least makes a little bit of a difference," said Gosseline.

They also serve another purpose — allowing the wearer to simultaneously attract attention and thumb a nose at convention.

"My general motto in life is to take nothing and nobody seriously, especially not yourself," he said.

My collection isn't quite at 200, but it's getting there.

C-O-U-G-A-R-S

CHS Cougars, that is. Missed yesterday because of all-day meetings, so I broke code and wore this polyester classic on Spirit Friday.